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US, British troops in southern Iraq to take key oilfields


US and British troops are moving in southern Iraq with British Royal Marines, reported to have established a beachhead on the strategic Fao peninsula and taken control of key oil pumping equipment, the British military announced Friday.

Southern Iraq contributes up to 60 percent of the country's oil output.(Xinhua)

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